The number of persons found guilty at all courts for causing death by dangerous driving( 1) , 1997 to 2007( 2,3, ) England and Wales
Number
1997
205
1998
203
1999
173
2000
193
2001
227
2002
228
2003
233
2004
241
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2005
255
2006
223
2007
233
(1) Section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, as added by section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1991. (2) These data are on the principal offence basis. (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source:
Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.
Departmental Surveys
Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department's central media and communication unit has spent on public surveys since its inception. [248028]
Mr. Wills:
Since the creation of the Ministry of Justice in May 2007, the central media and communication unit of the department has spent a total of £31,200 on public surveys.
Drugs: Convictions
Andrew Rosindell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of drug offences in each year since 1997. [247708]
Maria Eagle:
Information on the number of persons found guilty at all courts for drug offences in England and Wales, 1997 to 2007 are contained in the following table.
These data are on the principal offence basis. The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two 20 Jan 2009 : Column 1334W
or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
Court proceedings data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
Number of persons found guilty at all courts for drug offences in England and Wales, 1997 to 2007( 1, 2, 3)
Drug Offence Group
Found guilty
1997
40,666
1998
48,821
1999
48,711
2000
44,621
2001
45,621
2002
49,036
2003
51,162
2004
39,197
2005
39,090
2006
39,582
2007
44,565
(1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Staffordshire police force were only able to supply a sample of data for magistrates courts proceedings covering one full week in each quarter for 2000. Estimates based on this sample are included in the figures, as they are considered sufficiently robust at this high level of analysis. Source:
OCJR, E and A: Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Evidence and Analysis Unit.
Drugs: Crime
James Brokenshire:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) community sentences, including drug treatment and testing orders and drug rehabilitation referrals, (b) fines, (c) custodial sentences and (d) cautions were issued for drug dealing offences relating to each type of drug in each of the last five years. [248653]
Maria Eagle:
The information requested is shown in the following table:
Number of persons issued with community sentences( 1) , fines, custodial sentences and cautions for drug dealing offences( 2) relating to each type of drug 2003-07
Type of sentence
Year/type of drug
Fine
Community sentence
Suspended sentence
Immediate custody
Caution
2003
Cocaine
24
115
23
973
56
Heroin
19
401
36
1,979
39
LSD
0
3
0
4
4
MDMA
34
285
28
588
62
Crack
4
53
7
375
15
Methadone
1
11
0
10
8
Other class A
11
133
15
486
22
Amphetamine
12
92
17
146
20
Other class B
7
52
63
55
28
Cannabis
144
980
4
697
570
Anabolic Steroid
1
1
1
2
1
Other class C
6
35
2
17
20
Ketamine(3)
*
*
*
*
*
Methylamphetamine(4)
*
*
*
*
*
GHB
0
0
0
0
0
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2004
Cocaine
17
166
12
1,029
66
Heroin
10
404
31
2,077
48
LSD
1
0
0
9
0
MDMA
15
232
16
494
59
Crack
3
71
4
386
19
Methadone
4
10
1
10
10
Other class A
7
105
6
546
29
Amphetamine
15
107
19
156
29
Other class B
4
40
61
46
14
Cannabis
122
821
2
576
555
Anabolic Steroid
0
5
0
4
4
Other class C
33
189
19
127
103
Ketamine
*
*
*
*
*
Methylamphetamine
*
*
*
*
*
GHB
0
0
0
0
0
2005
Cocaine
28
223
41
1,064
73
Heroin
10
526
48
1,750
65
LSD
0
7
1
9
1
MDMA
15
224
32
433
72
Crack
8
93
17
444
31
Methadone
1
10
4
9
11
Other class A
12
184
20
494
42
Amphetamine
13
129
20
153
26
Other class B
3
15
72
27
8
Cannabis
87
685
3
407
635
Anabolic Steroid
0
2
0
4
3
Other class C
47
360
53
319
90
Ketamine
*
*
*
*
*
Methylamphetamine
*
*
*
*
*
GHB
0
0
0
0
1
2006
Cocaine
21
163
141
1,132
132
Heroin
8
365
205
1,657
56
LSD
0
1
4
4
7
MDMA
24
124
89
337
87
Crack
7
82
40
433
30
Methadone
1
7
5
9
11
Other class A
6
123
59
484
54
Amphetamine
3
89
77
163
34
Other class B
2
11
271
7
9
Cannabis
50
496
7
341
621
Anabolic Steroid
0
1
1
0
5
Other class C
30
288
256
399
84
Ketamine
1
1
1
1
1
Methylamphetamine
*
*
*
*
*
GHB
0
0
0
0
1
2007
Cocaine
25
189
260
1,190
146
Heroin
10
288
260
1,706
45
LSD
2
4
2
7
6
MDMA
9
121
169
349
88
Crack
4
74
55
482
23
Methadone
1
7
4
7
10
Other class A
1
103
100
535
54
Amphetamine
10
66
123
148
50
Other class B
2
5
340
17
8
Cannabis
61
460
4
333
553
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Anabolic Steroid
*
2
1
1
1
Other class C
31
223
332
352
78
Ketamine
3
4
0
0
15
Methylamphetamine
0
0
0
3
1
GHB
0
0
1
0
0
(1) Community licences include drug treatment, testing orders and drug rehabilitation referrals. (2) Drug dealing offences comprise having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply and supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug. (3) Ketamine drug was made illegal m 2006. (4) Methylamphetamine previously consulted with Amphetamine as class B drug was separately classified as class A drug on 18 January 2007. Notes:
1. From 1 June 2O00 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings These figures have been included in the totals
2. The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences wets the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has committed two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence.
3. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
